Health Promotion Officer

About the role

The Health Promotion Officer leads the planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring and documentation of information, education and communication, community engagement and health promotion activities under the supervision of the Integrated Vector Control Manager. The post works with government counterparts, local authorities, community leaders, civil society, media partners and project teams to build awareness, trust and sustained participation in malaria vector control, HIV/AIDS service delivery and other activities. The project runs for 12 months in Ghana from October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a communication and community-engagement readiness plan aligned with country milestones, budgets and intervention calendars, and turn milestones into detailed communication schedules.
• Lead demand creation, risk communication, community engagement and health promotion strategies, and prepare costed plans for IRS, ITN distribution, spatial emanators, entomological surveillance and HIV/AIDS services.
• Plan and coordinate community outreach, sensitization, advocacy and mobilization, and build partnerships with government, health workers, civil society, faith and traditional leaders and community groups.
• Develop, review, adapt and pretest messages and materials, and coordinate radio, TV, print, community and digital communication, ensuring accuracy, cultural and linguistic appropriateness and brand compliance.
• Support the recruitment, training, deployment, supervision and performance monitoring of community mobilizers, volunteers and temporary personnel, and train government counterparts, health workers and local organizations.
• Define communication indicators, monitor reach, quality and effectiveness, keep audit-ready records and produce weekly, monthly and campaign reports.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree plus five years of relevant experience, or master's degree plus three years, or PhD.
• Professional fluency in English.
• Preferred: experience designing and implementing health promotion, demand creation, risk communication, community engagement or advocacy for international health or development programs, and experience with malaria vector control (IRS, ITN, spatial emanators) and HIV/AIDS programming.
• Preferred: experience recruiting, training and supervising community mobilizers, and knowledge of USG-funded project communication, branding, marking, safeguarding and informed consent.

Required skills

• Strong planning, facilitation, interpersonal, problem-solving, organization and written communication skills.
• Advantageous: MS Office suite, digital communication, data-collection, content-development or media-monitoring tools.